Canada: Cheap LG Eclypse with Android and QWERTY now available at Bell and Virgin Mobile

If you’re in Canada and would like to purchase a budget smartphone, you now have one more choice. That is because both Bell and Virgin Mobile have started selling the LG Eclypse. This is an affordable Android-powered handset which comes with a full physical side-sliding QWERTY keyboard.

And it can now be yours for free if you agree to sign a new three-year contract with Bell. If you’d like a two-year commitment instead, you’ll have to pay $199.95 for the phone, and if you only want a one-year contract the Eclypse will set you back $224.95. You can also get the smartphone sans contract, in which case you’ll have to shell out $249.95.

At Virgin Mobile, the situation is a bit different. The LG Eclypse goes for $49.99 with a three-year contract or on the SuperTab. The phone costs $199.99 with prepaid plans, and $249.99 without a contract.